At a certain point, refusing to admit that your math is wrong and making up new arguments to support a different position is your prerogative. Hugo played the players in front of him like everyone else and has a win over Fan. Harimoto failed to beat any CNT players this year until just last week. Not sure if LYJ has beaten any Chinese players this year. I have to fly now so my last post on the subject. Hugo"s playing level is currently on par with his rating and is even more striking because he beats Felix easily. But of course, Olympics gets strong preparation so anything can happen.
felix also beat hugo easily
so has all the others non 1st tier players I named.
Hugo is inflated, you can't deny that (get him to remove that 500 points and go into champions/smash/sc/C and see how his draw looks like)
his wins also include lower ranked and due to seeds, only face stronger opponent (if they bothered to enter) in the finals (QF onwards). That is life for Asians vs non Asians.
In terms of CNT, he dodge all Chinese, not just top Chinese, since none of the Chinese bothered to pitch in the SC/C that he played in. So he made used of this with flying colors. Put him in tournaments with a bunch of Chinese.... well, i'm sure the ones where he finish very poorly has all that
so, its both sides, hugo on paper is good, but is he really is?
On stats other than 1 or 2 good wins in 2024, versus the many bad losses (against players way lower than him)
well, tell me where that maths is wrong. For Hugo to get bronze, he needs alteast 2 good wins against players that he might not able to win, in QF and 3 to 4th place.
again, its based on draw, maybe it is 3 good wins for him to get a bronze (ie, face a strong opponent in R16, then QF, then loose in SF and then need a win in 3/4).
you make it sound like, he will have a holiday in paris until SF... and i'm saying, so many other players are a threat to him. Even uncle Aruna, African champ can beat American champ....
let me make this easily for you, based on seeding, he will face
3~4, Felix
QF, LJY, HT, QD, JWJ (all of which Hugo will need to be above average to win).
R16, Dima, Togami, Alexis, Freitas, Jorgic, Aruna, Cho, Assar (half of them will give Hugo a hard time, includin beating Hugo).
Lets wait for the draw, is what I am saying. Hugo isn't that good to just jump staright to 3~4 with Felix
